Red short-sleeved shirt with white
cuffs. Large embroidered emblem on left breast. Embroidered red star above
the emblem. Lower-case 'v' in white, below the emblem. A white scroll,
outlined in blue, below the 'v', with the opponent's name in capitalised
blue lettering within it, and the year in white below the scroll. Two
embroidered white concentric diamonds on right breast. Plain white
number on reverse and on right breast, below diamonds, in same font as
on previous white shirt and with a mesh panel running down through the
number. Surname in capitalised white lettering above number on reverse,
in same font as the numbers.

White shorts, with
red drawstring and red seams sloping to the rear. Plain white number on left thigh in same font as on
shirt, with two red concentric diamonds underneath. Red
emblem on right thigh.

Plain red socks,
with white footings from ankles downwards.

In the
first two games in which this shirt was worn, England's captain
wore a white armband with the emblem, a lower-case 'v' (in red against
Egypt and in blue against Japan), below the
emblem, a white scroll, outlined in blue, below the 'v', with the
opponent's name in capitalised blue lettering within it and the year (in
red against Egypt and in blue against Japan), below the scroll. The armbands worn in the World Cup featured the FIFA
MY GAME IS FAIR PLAY logo.

Variations

A
long-sleeved version of the shirt was also worn. There were no
distinguishing features on the lower sleeves.

For the
two World Cup Finals tournament fixtures,
England had the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP logo embroidered onto the
upper right sleeve.

The names of
England's opponents, as they appeared in the scrolls, were EGYPT, GERMANY,
JAPAN and SLOVENIA. The 'v' and the year were in white
for the games against Egypt and Japan, and in blue for the two games played in the World Cup
finals tournament.

England wore an alternative pair of red shorts for the two games played in the World Cup
finals tournament, with a
red
drawstring, white seams sloping to the rear, a plain white number on the left thigh in the same font as
on the shirt, with two white concentric diamonds underneath
and a white emblem on the right thigh.

Most Appearances

4 - Steven Gerrard (1 sub),
Frank Lampard, Wayne
Rooney, John Terry

24 players wore this shirt,
plus a final appearance on the bench by David Beckham for the game
against Egypt.

Terry was the only player to
complete the full 360 minutes in which this shirt was worn.

Leighton Baines was the only player
to make his
international debut in this shirt.

5 players made their last
international appearance in this shirt, with Emile Heskey winning his
62nd cap as a substitute against Germany, and Joe Cole gaining his 56th
cap on leaving the same bench as Heskey, seven minutes earlier.

Top Scorers

2 - Peter Crouch, own goals

1 - Jermain Defoe,
Matthew Upson, Shaun Wright-Phillips

All four England scorers had
netted for their country before.

The own goals were both
scored by Japanese central defenders (Tanaka and Nakazawa).

Upson's goal was on his 21st
and last appearance for England, despite it briefly giving his country
hope that they could come back against Germany in the World Cup.

Wright-Phillips also scored
his last international goal in the shirt. It was his sixth.

Captains

3 -
Steven Gerrard

1 - Rio
Ferdinand

Gerrard was Ferdinand's
deputy when Capello's choice for the World Cup captaincy ended with
injury.

A short-lived change kit for England, possibly
due to their heaviest ever World Cup defeat, football superstition being what it
is.

The second in the 'Tailored by England' range, it
was launched using David Beckham, amongst others modelling it. However, Beckham
only wore it to warm the Wembley bench in it, on its first appearance.

Its unveiling came on 8 February, 2010, when Tom
Meighan, lead singer of Leicester rock band, Kasabian appeared in it for an
encore at the Olympia Theatre, Paris. This rather unusual introduction was
explained by Umbro as 'redefining how people see the Englishman abroad'. Its
impact on Kasabian's French fans is unknown.

The kit, like its
white 2009 predecessor,
was a minimalist design by Umbro's creative consultant, Aitor Throup, who put
together 'three panels consisting of different materials designed to cater for
the parts of the body - ventilation for the back and sides, comfort for the
front, and movement for the arms.'

It proved to be fairly popular, until the one
disastrous performance in it, against Germany. For the World Cup, the
alternative red shorts turned it into an all-red kit, which made perfect sense
against Slovenia's all white, but less so against Germany's black shorts.

England's next change kit was a radical galaxy blue,
whilst red shirts did not appear again for another three years, finally proving
that tradition always trumps recent embarrassments.